Had a wonderful Friendsgiving with the LGBTQIA Network in Benicia today with amazing food and great company!
Friendsgiving in Benicia
Category Archives: Holidays
Halloween 2024
Halloween night Snoopy and Bonnie joined me at Children’s Wonderland Park in Vallejo for a huge GVRD event. We were there representing Humane Society of the North Bay (where I’m on the board and from where I adopted Bonnie). It was very well attended. I was skeptical when they said 2,600 people showed up last year, but at least that many were present this time.
Halloween at Mare Island Open House
We had a slightly early Halloween party on Mare Island with friends from the Humane Society of the North Bay, so Ernie and Bert (which I accidentally called Bernie and Ert at one point) made another appearance.
Vallejo Gay Network Halloween Party
Halloween costumes! Who was the genius who came up with this idea? Imagine a small tuft of hair at the top of my pointed yellow head. In hindsight, Shea should have had a rubber ducky. I couldn’t convince him to put on a red muppet nose (it would mess up his products I suspect), so I decided to forego an orange one.
Post-party stop at local gay bar:
Independence Day 2024
Went to Fairfield to hang out with friends Gerry, DJ, Joshua and David. We watched fireworks in Vacaville, Martinez, Pittsburg (Shea’s hometown) and downtown Fairfield from a relatively quiet (but windy) hillside with the dogs. When David said “Happy Birthday America” I said “Let’s hope it’s not your last.” Bonnie is near David’s head as he leans back and Snoopy was shaking a little so I held him the entire time. You can sort of see him in the picture with Shea and me.
Madhatter Independence Day Festival
Independence Day Row
We informally raced the other whaleboat team in choppy waters off the Carquinez Strait.
Greek Easter Party 2024
Good friends Greg and Steve made a fabulous Greek Easter party for a number of friends and even opened up their (heated) pool. About four dogs were also in attendance even though I was nervous about Bonnie being close to the pool with her vision impairment/blindness. She had been to their house before and all was fine.
New Year’s Day Open House at Neighbor’s
Our neighbors have two grand pianos and are both pianists. They serenaded us with live music at their traditional New Year’s Day Open House (the first one since Covid).
New Year’s Day Whaleboat Row
Yes, it was hard to get up for a 7:50 am row after staying up past midnight. To boot my scooter didn’t fully charge because I plugged it into a deactivated power strip, so I barely made it downhill (gravity helped). The weather and the water conditions were optimal. We even saw a seal pop up to breathe a few times.
